Private Project

The Bin

A little boy, Mico, who is deaf practices speech whom his father, Eddie, teaches him. Twelve years after, Eddie discovers Mico chatting with his Deaf friend using sign language. He gets mad and dislikes the sign language. One day, his father insists his son to have cochlear implant where he reads from an online article, but he (Mico) refuses. Mico’s struggle is to seek freedom as deaf and for his right to express and communicate using sign language. Later on, Eddie accepts his son to use sign language after his realizations from the sharing of a hearing father and his Deaf daughter whom he (Eddie) encounters.

  • Jocelyn Tamayao
    Director
    The Bin
  • Jocelyn Tamayao
    Writer
    The Bin
  • Jocelyn Tamayao
    Producer
    The Bin
  • Patrick Silver Padao
    Key Cast
    "Mico"
    The Bin
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 42 seconds
  • Production Budget:
    3,463 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Philippines
  • Country of Filming:
    Philippines
  • Shooting Format:
    Sony A500 and Sony A5600
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Slamdance Film Festival 2021
    Los Angeles, CA
    United States
    United States Premiere
    Grand Jury Award for Unstoppable Category, February 25, 2021
Distribution Information
  • None
Director Biography - Jocelyn Tamayao

She is Jocelyn Tamayao, a Deaf independent filmmaker from the Philippines. She finished her college degree. She did not attend a formal school of filmmaking. Only she made amateur directing several college's academic projects. She studied on YouTube, Google, and borrowed-textbooks. She loves writing stories and poem; reading; watching movies.

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Director Statement

I am strongly interested in film. I am first time in making my short film project, THE BIN. I worked the story about the life of the Deaf where I learned from the Deaf people who experienced their struggled life through social media and physical interaction.

The Deaf are pretty much like hearing people who have normal lives. In fact, Deaf people have lots of abilities. The Deaf can do anything except hear. Sign language is a beautiful and unique culture.

It is better to wait until they have reached adulthood to see if they want to have this device. At that age deaf individuals are responsible enough to handle this decision and it is now their choice if they want to undergo the implant procedure.

I respect those hearing parents who want their deaf children to be part of the hearing world but if you really look at it, a cochlear implant is a tool for the hearing parents, not for the deaf child.

I wrote, produced, and directed my independent short film titled, THE BIN. It is to advocate and bring awareness to the general public about the discrimination against the deaf and the protection from the cochlear implant.

My project brings advocacy and awareness.